Virginia Masters Swimming
Technique
Breaststroke Underwater Dolphin Kick
USA Swimming has issued an updated interpretation of the rules for the timing of the underwater dolphin kick during the breaststroke pull-down; this interpretation will also apply in USMS competition.
Swim Clinics with Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen
Virginia Beach Parks and Recreation will be hosting three competitive swim clinics taught by world-famous masters swimmer Karlyn Pipes-Neilsen.
There’s a Drill for That
Cokie Lepinski, a 2010 USMS Kerry O’Brien Coaching Award winner, recently came out with an inexpensive eBook collecting 125 drills covering all four competitive strokes.
The Catch
A critical component of swimming strokes is the catch, the point in the pull at which you begin forward propulsion. A video from GoSwim demonstrates a drill for practicing a good catch in freestyle.
Video Analysis of the Underwater Pull
Gary Hall Sr (The Race Club) and Paul Newsome (Swim Smooth) present detailed underwater analyses of the freestyle pull. Check it out!
The Short Breaststroke Pullout
Recently, some breaststrokers have experimented with a new variation of the classic breastroke pullout.